The History of Russia: From the Rus' people to President Putin (Dark Histories)

A fantastic book from Amber publishing who always do really well with this series of history books exploring the darker aspects from the past.Well illustrated with many photographs and informative chapters covering the past 100+ years from Lenin and Stalin right through to Putin and modern day Russia.The text is easy to read and this book is suitable for either serious students of history or just the casual armchair reader.The book is apolitical and makes no judgement on the actions of Russian leaders who have committed some pretty barbaric crimes. Instead, the facts speak for themselves and the reader is left to draw their own conclusions.Russia is an enigma. But reading this will give you some insight into it's social and political history and why things have turned out as they have from the Russian Revolution right up to the annexation of Crimea.